if you look at a different state, massachusetts, at this point in the special election to fill ted kennedy's seat, six weeks out, scott brown by the way in a state that is 3-1 democrat to republican, scott brown was an empty suit who posed nude in the center fold of cosmopolitan and we saw what happened there and delaware if you look at the polling, people -- majorities of people in delaware support repealing obama care. a majority of people support taxes, tax decreases over spending in order to create jobs, this is fertile territory and sharron angle is another example of somebody who everybody wrote that race off and harry reid got the seat sewn up after she won and, that race is -- in nevada is now tied. >> chris: liz, i'm fascinated. why has this race seized the republican party, this personality, christine o'donnell, to the degree it has and why has karl rove come under such fire? from other republicans, conservatives, for critical advising her. >> -- criticizing her. >> at the end of the day we like to say, is karl under attack and he's a god frieod friend of min there will not be a si